Factors that have worked together to increase health care costs include all of the following except
1. Apathy of federal and state legislators toward health care issues.
2. Change in population demographics and an increase in chronic health conditions.
3. General economic inflation and an increase in the income of health care providers.
4. Growth in private insurance and third-party payment for services.
5. Increasing dependence on technology.
ANS: 1
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